Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-01-21

ence of Gen. John A. Rswlins and Gen.
Ely F. Parker, laid the whole matter
before him. Mr.. MARYLAND says that
Gen Grant was favorabiy impressed with
II, out said he would have nothing to do
with 1t till after his Inauguration, and
tnen only in an official way, and he did
not want any of his friends concerned in
IT, de thought the two governments
could negotiate direct. These facts, Mr..
Msrkland says, have never been made
public before
SAVED TO UNCLE SAM.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 20-Land Commits
sloner Sparks has had Z set of maps pre-
pared lor his individual use. Taken to-
gether they embrace nearly all the terri
tory lying west of the Mississippi river.
Scattered here end there upon these maps
are many spots IN dark colors, Occa-
slonally the color runs in stripes, and on
two or three of the raps it spreads out
until 1t embraces 3 third or more of
the territory shown. The work is
not very artistic, but the color is all
there, and it gives the msps strange ap-
pearance, especially as there is no letter
ing to show what the blotches represent.
Many people calling upon the general
LOOK atthose maps and go away mystifed.
When the general isn't busy he gets the
maps down, spreads them out on his big
desk and sits there by the half hour look
ing at the spots. The other day gen
tleman called and found the general en-
gagged in his favorite pastime, and he
asked, "What have you got there, Mr..
Commissioner"
"1Ou see these?n replied Sparks,
pointing to the scores of spots and stripes
and linked sections. "Well. sir, these are
the lands I've saved to this government.
The land sharks thought they had ZEN,
ID rascals, and they would have kept
them but for me. I've restored them 70
the public domain"
THE NICARAGUA CANAL.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 20 In the secret
session OF the senate the Nicaragua canal
project was under consideration. Sena-
ator Morgan was the principal speaker,
and he dealt largely with statistics and
the business features of the project. No
conclusion was reached, and the debate
will probably be continued tomorrow
NEW SENATORS.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 20.-Three of the
most prominent Democratic senators
elected to the next congress are Messrs.
Cockren Of Missouri, Gray of Delaware
and Hearst of California. The new con-
gressional directory will say about them
as follows:
SENATOR COCKRELL OF MISSOURI.
Francis Marion Cockrell of Warrens-
burg was born in Johnson county, Mis-
souri,, October l, 1884; received his early
education in the common schools of his
county; graduated from Chapel Hill
College, Lafayette county, Mo-, in July
1858; studied law, and has pursued that
profession, never having held any public
office prior to his election to con-
gress; was elected to the
senate as Democrat, to sue
coed Carl Schurz, Independent Republic
can; took his seat March 4, 1875, and was
reelected. His present term of service
will expire March 3, 1887.
SENATOR GRAY OF DELAWARE.
Senator George Gray was born at New
Castle, Del, Msy /, 1910. He graduated
at Princeton College when nineteen
years old, receiving the degree
of A. B., and in 1862 the degree of A. NJ.
After studying law with his father, An
drew c. Gray, he spent year
in the Harvard Law school, and
wss admitted to practice
in 1868. He was appointed attorney-gen-
eral Of the state of Delaware in 1879 by
Gov. Hall, and reappointed attorney
general in 1884 by Gov. Stockley. He
was delegate to the National
Democratic Convention at st.
Louis in 1876, ct Cincinnati in 1880,
and at Chicago in 1884; was elected to
the United States senate as a Democrat
to fill the vacancy caused by the appoint
ment of Thomas F. Bayard as secretary
of state, and took his seat March 1855.
His present term of service will expire
March 8, 1887.
SENATOR HEARST OF CALIFORNIA.
Senator Hearst was born in Franklin
Mo-, in 1920. He received q
public school education, and passed
his early manhood on his fathers
farm. In 1850 he came to Cali
fornia "across the plains" He engaged
at once in mining, in which he met with
success, and soon extended his business in
various directions. He was elected to the
state legislature In 1865; received the
Democratic complimentary vote for
United States senator at the ses-
sion in which Mr.. Stanford was elected,
and was appointed senator by
Gov. Stoneman in March, 1856 He is
now engaged in farming, cattle raising
and dairying in California, cattle raising
in New Mexico, and mining, numbering,
fuming, etc, in Utah, Dakota and Idaho.